Ecological and socio-economic effects of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) on Lake Victoria

Mubiru, David

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dc.contributor.author	Mubiru, David
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-04T12:37:21Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-04T12:37:21Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Mubiru David (2021). Ecological and socio-economic effects of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) on Lake Victoria: a case study of Buvuma District. In Asiimwe, Solomon (Ed). Compendium of Graduate Students’ Research Abstracts. Entebbe: Nkumba University Press.	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-9970-694-00-6
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/427
dc.description	The study findings revealed that the distribution and coverage of the water hyacinth in Buvuma District included stationary/residential 54%, patch mobile 26%, shallow residential 15%, open water 5% that had greatly affected fish productivity; causing a reduction in fish catches 30%, destruction of fishing grounds 20%, loss of breeding grounds 15%, loss of nursery grounds 30% and other effects 5%. The weed also affected the fishing communities through the loss of recreation sites 6.65%, causing diseases 10.69%, threatening food security 10.98%, threatening residential areas in Lubya, Kirongo, Namiti and Kirewe 3.76%, causing a rise in transport costs 35.84%, affecting domestic water quality and quantity 10%, limiting access to baptism and other cultural events 2.02%, causing loss of fishing gears 13.87%, and resulting in a reduction in fish catches 16.19%.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Lake Victoria was once home to unique and diverse fish fauna that formed a special delicacy to the fishing communities (Graharm, 1984). Until the 1970s the Lake supported a multi-species fishery. However, the introduction of aquatic vegetation presents the largest threat to socio-economic development.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba university press Entebbe.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	;no. 282-284
dc.subject	Water Hyacinth,	en_US
dc.subject	Ecological and socioeconomic effects,	en_US
dc.subject	Fish catch composition,	en_US
dc.subject	Water quality	en_US
dc.title	Ecological and socio-economic effects of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) on Lake Victoria	en_US
dc.title.alternative	A case study of Buvuma District	en_US
dc.type	Book chapter	en_US